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IMPROVED CHECK-REIN HOOK.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it-known that I, F. U. STOKES, of Cincinnati, in the county o Hamilton, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Rein Hooks, which prevents the check-rein from being relieved from the hook voluntarily, or by the action of the horse; and I do hereby declare that the following is e full, clear, ondiexaet description ofthe construction and operation of the seme, reference-being hed to the annexed drawings, making a. partjof this specification, in whichz Figure 1 is a. perspective View of the harness-pod with hook attached.

Figure 2, a. cross-section ofthe hook and pad.

A represents :in ordinary harness-pad or saddle, B, the cheek-hook secured tothe saddle or pad in the ordinary way, as shown` by bolt D andnut F. At the point of the hook where the rein enters there it is swivelled,

either by e pin or bending the point of thehooknround, es shown :it c. C is o piece secured to the point of the hook by the pin c, and works freely on the swivel-pin c, the operation of which is that the drop-piece C will,

by its gravity, remain in the position as-shown in fig. 1, which entirely cioscs up the cheek-hook and prevents the rein from coming out ofthe hook. To relieve the check-rein from the hook, the upper part of the drop-piece C is pressed down, which raises the lower point, as shown in iig. 2.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The drop-piece C, secured to'the point of the cheek-hook as shown at c, for the purpose of closing the check-hook and preventing the rein getting out. v

F. U. STOKES.

Witnesses E. ZAPF, PL. MULLER. 

